Shell Ridge Open Space
Date: (Sun.) Feb. 12, 2023
Location: Walnut Creek, CA
Event Director: 
Course Setter: Jay Hann
Type: B; Standard 7-course event for beginners through advanced
Related Event Information
WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=87434) Attackpoint Results (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_55488) RouteGadget – Introduction RouteGadget – This Event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=507) Event Announcement
Event Write-Up
By , Event Director
Sunday turned out to be a super day for orienteering at Shell Ridge. We had a beautiful day, and the recent rain yielded a green, soft, and runnable landscape. Over 200 people showed up to take advantage of the perfect weather, picturesque terrain, and thoughtfully designed courses.
Course setter Jay Hann delivered the whole nine yards, devising eight courses (including a Short Brown course in addition to the traditional seven) and also a Contour Fun course near the Finish that took advantage of the terrain in the super bowl-shaped quarry. I enjoyed watching many orienteers scramble through this course throughout the day. Jay also got the maps printed, and tested some new waterproof, tear-proof paper that seemed really nice.
There were many MVPs from Sunday’s event. First, we are grateful to the park ranger, Joel Cervantes, for supporting orienteering and accommodating us this weekend. We thank Amy Romem and her staff at Walnut Heights Elementary for their help with parking and restrooms. Daniel Ingram provided lightning fast turnaround on insurance certificates, and also brought a strong contingent of students all the way from Carson City to enjoy the event and test their skill on the courses. In addition to his course setting, Jay Hann also set up and managed the E-punch system all day, with assistance from Gavin Wyatt-Mair. Sarah Williams, Steve Haas, and Dennis Wildfogel deserve applause for being our chiefs of registration. Rex Winterbottom’s beginner clinics helped many new orienteers get started. Graham Brew, Jeff Goodwin, and Martin Kunz kept eagle eyes on the starts to watch the clock and get orienteers queued up and ready. Martin Kunz also helped hang some of the controls before the event. Martin Kunz, Mark Schneider, Lubomir Å ebo, François Léonard, and Steve Gregg picked up controls. Chuck Spalding kept the website updated, and Tapio Karras set up RouteGadget. Anna Staats helped with setup and teardown, and also assisted with beginner clinics. Finally, Jeff Goodwin (as a BAOC Regional Event Coordinator) helped to catalyze this event and pushed it initially to achieve escape velocity—I appreciated his guidance throughout the process. I enjoyed working with you all, and learning the ropes of how we run BAOC events.
See you in two weeks out on the courses at the Lake Herman event!
Results
Shell Ridge Open Space
Walnut Creek, CA
Sunday, February 12, 2023
White Course Yellow Course Orange Course Short Brown Course Brown Course Green Course Red Course Blue Course Contour Course
Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=87434) and on Attackpoint (https://www.attackpoint.org/eventdetail.jsp/event_55488).
You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget for this event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=507). (Use of RouteGadget is explained here.)
- RouteGadget Tip #1: After selecting your GPX file, make sure to adjust the time offset between starting your watch at the start line and leaving the start triangle. The offset can have a huge impact on your route accuracy. For most local events, the offset should be set to 0 as we start from the triangle (assuming you started your watch exactly when you started).
- RouteGadget Tip #2 After uploading your GPS track to RouteGadget, you can create additional blue adjustment points by right-clicking your track. You can use these points to better align your route with the map, for example, along trails. You can delete extra adjustment points by right-clicking them.
Please tell Jay Hann () if anything needs to be changed.
White Course (1.7 km, 40 m/2.4% climb, 11 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Jonesy Troop 621 22:34 0:37
2 Better Than Sharv Troop 621 23:56 1:22 2:12
3 Grilled Water Troop 621 25:22 2:48 2:19
4 Scholz 28:56 6:22 2:10
5 Anya 29:56 7:22 3:12
6 Alena 30:32 7:58 4:38
7 Goofy Goobers Troop 621 31:03 8:29 3:51
8 Thanh Nguyen 31:49 9:15 2:08
9 Abhijit Goda Troop 621 35:18 12:44 7:27
10 Luana Espana 36:03 13:29 7:20
11 Kian Troop 609 38:41 16:07 5:30
12 Carolina & Filip BAOC 42:11 19:37 9:03
13 Emmett Johnson 59:40 37:06 28:04
14 Topher Goette 59:52 37:18 28:03
15 Alex Goette 59:57 37:23 28:15
16 Adarsh Krishnamurthi Troop 152 1:01:54 39:20 10:25
Bens Troop 621 DNF
Ichino DNF
Mana DNF
Minivan Troop 621 DNF
Xiao Zhongyang DNF
Yellow Course (3.4 km, 140 m/4.1% climb, 8 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Suzanne Hurrey 33:03 2:12
2 Ronald Ward CSOC 34:28 1:25 1:44
3 Jafir Haidri 43:17 10:14 0:00
4 Bulldogs 44:18 11:15 4:17
5 Sebastian Holubowicz BAOC 50:01 16:58 5:15
6 Gary Kraght BAOC 50:03 17:00 7:55
7 Osiris Estrada Ledesma CSOC 50:46 17:43 6:59
8 Mari & Ivan 54:10 21:07 7:23
9 Luana Espana 57:12 24:09 11:21
10 Team Red family 58:03 25:00 9:04
11 Evan Mogulof Berkeley High 1:00:35 27:32 6:56
12 Elliot Gerst Berkeley High 1:00:37 27:34 6:40
13 Triple E Berkeley High 1:00:38 27:35 6:03
14 Elizabeth Sullivan Berkeley High 1:00:41 27:38 5:27
15 Deven Flores Turlock NJROTC 1:01:06 28:03 14:26
16 Sara Mae Parker 1:03:03 30:00 6:20
17 Lauren Wemmer GCO 1:03:47 30:44 6:27
18 Flying Spachitti Monsters 1:04:22 31:19 7:36
19 Tanner McCune CSOC 1:04:28 31:25 13:34
20 Jasmine Slater CSOC 1:05:37 32:34 19:00
21 Axel Madrigal Turlock NJROTC 1:06:20 33:17 17:18
22 Kastie 1:07:27 34:24 7:07
23 Anna Staats BAOC 1:09:44 36:41 19:30
24 Oxford et al 1:09:47 36:44 6:49
25 Sean & Sam 1:13:41 40:38 7:10
26 Roney family BAOC 1:20:13 47:10 6:45
27 Vivi Mellow CSOC 1:25:16 52:13 44:31
28 Jordan Deemer 1:26:22 53:19 15:53
29 Gabriel Crounk CSOC 1:30:50 57:47 47:52
30 Cornelia Dean 1:31:01 57:58 15:19
31 Amelya Larocca CSOC 1:34:52 61:49 37:44
32 Raina Moths Turlock NJROTC 1:37:52 64:49 26:17
33 Amalia Krechetov BAOC 1:46:08 73:05 26:06
34 The Winners 2:17:24 104:21 27:02
Jussi Tahtinen BAOC MSP
Bryan Gumm Turlock NJROTC DNF
Deven Flores Turlock NJROTC DNF
Soomin DNF
Tamer & Momo Fugro DNF
Orange Course (4.2 km, 290 m/6.9% climb, 12 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Johanna Karras BAOC 46:08 2:19
2 Nikolay Makhenko 52:07 5:59 3:04
3 Ronald Ward CSOC 54:21 8:13 2:34
4 Dylan Perez-Sanchez 56:13 10:05 5:16
5 Grant Kirschbaum CSOC 1:02:45 16:37 6:49
6 Randy Franklin NAVX 1:07:16 21:08 4:19
7 Landen Elliott Turlock NJROTC 1:22:10 36:02 15:27
8 Liam Kenison CSOC 1:25:32 39:24 15:30
9 Matthew Kruse CSOC 1:27:30 41:22 18:50
10 DMC 2 DMC 1:30:17 44:09 13:07
11 Isai Vazquez CSOC 1:44:49 58:41 19:35
12 Solomatnikov 1:53:47 67:39 21:42
13 Flying Spaghetti Monsters 1:55:22 69:14 19:40
14 Miroslav Trubelja BAOC 1:55:27 69:19 12:07
15 Ellen Mouchawar 1:55:33 69:25 9:49
16 Roopa McNealis BAOC 1:55:35 69:27 11:16
17 DMC 1 DMC 1:56:45 70:37 7:29
18 BUHR BAOC 1:58:29 72:21 21:21
19 Luis Cervantes CSOC 2:01:02 74:54 21:12
20 John Barbagallo Turlock NJROTC 2:05:43 79:35 20:18
21 Blayne Vader CSOC 2:19:48 93:40 47:14
22 Helios 2:21:55 95:47 30:01
23 Team Peaty 2:30:47 104:39 12:55
Bulldogs MSP
Yuki Minoura MSP
Devin Linehan CSOC DNF
Hurrey Clan DNF
Isaac Moseli Turlock NJROTC DNF
Lucian Yizer DNF
Mirjana Spasojevic DNF
William Barbagallo Turlock NJROTC DNF
Rhonda Stieber BAOC DNS
Short Brown Course (2.7 km, 155 m/5.7% climb, 6 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Dennis Wildfogel BAOC 33:29 2:06
2 Mark Schneider BAOC 45:59 12:30 1:53
3 Jafir Haidri BAOC 58:05 24:36 5:03
4 Evan Custer BAOC 59:55 26:26 9:07
5 Alan Glendinning BAOC 1:13:56 40:27 19:53
6 Sarah Williams BAOC 1:18:14 44:45 19:46
7 Tucker family Duo BAOC 1:40:30 67:01 14:45
8 Terry Gleason BAOC 2:06:55 93:26 31:08
Yuki Minoura DNF
George Minarik BAOC DNS
Brown Course (4.0 km, 225 m/5.6% climb, 9 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Steve Haas BAOC 59:58 5:26
2 Steve Smith Truckee 1:02:02 2:04 4:44
3 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:02:06 2:08 3:21
4 Sheila Cotter BAOC 1:06:44 6:46 2:58
5 Derek Maclean BAOC 1:07:38 7:40 3:34
6 Johanna Merriss BAOC 1:08:12 8:14 6:21
7 Zander Rosenzweig BAOC 1:15:22 15:24 14:04
8 Olga Kraght BAOC 1:15:38 15:40 5:50
9 Irena & Nick Stefanova BAOC 1:15:55 15:57 6:02
10 Jacq 1:17:36 17:38 13:44
11 Julie McGinnis Turlock NJROTC 1:28:40 28:42 16:10
12 Will & Rog 1:50:46 50:48 18:01
Rosemary Johnson BAOC DNF
Green Course (5.6 km, 255 m/4.6% climb, 12 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 François Léonard BAOC 49:19 2:45
2 Samuel Barker CSOC 58:46 9:27 0:00
3 Misha Kreslavsky BAOC 1:00:34 11:15 2:11
4 Petra Sundstrom BAOC 1:04:35 15:16 6:26
5 Zachary Bogorad 1:05:55 16:36 2:44
6 Jan Cisar BAOC 1:06:42 17:23 4:53
7 Logan Kenison CSOC 1:08:05 18:46 6:03
8 Liubov Pitko 1:10:36 21:17 4:06
9 Steve Gregg BAOC 1:10:43 21:24 4:21
10 Tapio Karras BAOC 1:12:28 23:09 5:03
11 Piotr Holubowicz BAOC 1:12:50 23:31 6:39
12 Vikram Chahal CSOC 1:15:45 26:26 7:13
13 Eric Rosenzweig BAOC 1:16:29 27:10 5:55
14 James Roney BAOC 1:18:37 29:18 3:03
15 Michael Behrens BAOC 1:20:46 31:27 6:58
16 Lance Kenison CSOC 1:23:55 34:36 11:28
17 Edgar Rojas Turlock NJROTC 1:27:07 37:48 20:11
18 Joe Tarnow BAOC 1:27:35 38:16 10:57
19 Tac SUGIYAMA BAOC 1:28:56 39:37 13:18
20 Stephanie Steph BAOC 1:31:18 41:59 5:45
21 Vicki Woolworth NAVX 1:31:21 42:02 1:56
22 Penny DeMoss BAOC 1:32:20 43:01 0:00
23 Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC 1:32:54 43:35 17:33
24 Jeff Street BAOC 1:36:09 46:50 25:57
25 Ray Rosenbaum BAOC 1:37:33 48:14 11:16
26 Henrique Miranda 1:38:10 48:51 26:41
27 Ethier BAOC 1:47:58 58:39 20:02
28 Daniel Ingram CSOC 1:53:28 64:09 25:22
29 Beiduo Rao BAOC 2:00:36 71:17 11:06
Travis Navarro CSOC DNF
Red Course (7.4 km, 395 m/5.3% climb, 15 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Graham E Brew BAOC 1:31:55 6:30
2 John Richardson BAOC 1:42:33 10:38 2:47
3 Deron van Hoff BAOC 1:44:51 12:56 5:33
4 Nik Weber GCO 1:47:42 15:47 9:00
5 Alex Newcomer BAOC 1:47:47 15:52 7:46
6 Contour Lives NAVX 2:17:10 45:15 23:51
7 Scott Sampson BAOC 2:36:52 64:57 28:20
Blue Course (8.8 km, 475 m/5.4% climb, 20 controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 Erin Schirm BAOC 1:20:04 1:07
2 Mikkel Conradi BAOC 1:33:18 13:14 0:00
3 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 1:34:06 14:02 1:45
4 Andrew Peterson NAVX 1:36:50 16:46 6:15
5 Lubomir Å ebo BAOC 1:38:38 18:34 1:28
6 Jeffrey Goodwin BAOC 1:38:53 18:49 9:07
7 Afsheen Mostfi 1:57:57 37:53 11:28
8 Weichun Fong BAOC 2:00:47 40:43 12:41
9 Tom De Vre BAOC 2:04:15 44:11 9:35
10 Matt Marlow 2:13:28 53:24 16:51
11 Emily Ellsworth 2:13:55 53:51 22:15
12 Nathan Curtis BAOC 2:15:17 55:13 22:07
13 Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill BAOC 2:47:05 87:01 14:06
Anthony Riley DVOA DNF
Briana Steven BAOC DNF
Manfred Kopisch BAOC DNF
Nathan Curtis BAOC DNF
Oriana Riley DVOA DNF
Ryan Booth DNF
Contour Fun Course (600 km, ?? m climb, ?? controls)
Time Time
Pl Name Club Time Behind Lost
1 John Richardson BAOC 3:30 0:00
2 Wayne Staats BAOC 3:47 0:17 0:00
3 James Roney BAOC 3:50 0:20 0:00
4 Tom De Vre BAOC 5:30 2:00 0:00
5 Anna Staats BAOC 9:52 6:22 3:20
6 Steve Haas BAOC 10:17 6:47 1:41
7 Roney family BAOC 11:07 7:37 2:48
8 Meg BAOC 12:39 9:09 1:47
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)
DNS = Did not start
MSP = Mispunched (one or more controls wrong)